To cite treebalance in publications use:

M. Fischer, L. Herbst, S. Kersting, L. Kühn & K. Wicke (2023). Tree Balance Indices - A Comprehensive Survey. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. ISBN: 978-3-031-39799-8.

Fischer M, Herbst L, Kersting S, Kühn L, Wicke K (2026). treebalance: Computation of (im)balance indices. R package version 1.2.2.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Book{,
    title = {Tree Balance Indices -- A Comprehensive Survey},
    author = {Mareike Fischer and Lina Herbst and Sophie Kersting and
      Luise Kühn and Kristina Wicke},
    publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland AG},
    year = {2023},
    isbn = {978-3-031-39799-8},
    doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-39800-1},
    url = {https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-39800-1},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {treebalance: Computation of (im)balance indices},
    author = {Mareike Fischer and Lina Herbst and Sophie Kersting and
      Luise Kühn and Kristina Wicke},
    note = {R package version 1.2.2},
    year = {2026},
  }